# Alpaca API MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to automate trading and portfolio management tasks through a natural language interface, enabling users to place orders, manage positions, and access market data. It solves problems such as streamlining trading workflows and providing easy access to account information and market data. The Alpaca API MCP Server takes natural language inputs and returns relevant market data, account information, and trade execution outputs.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp-server

## Description

Enables trading and portfolio management through the Alpaca API, allowing users to place orders, manage positions and watchlists, access market data, and retrieve account information through natural language.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.88
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** finance
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/cwrl7mup1r)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wlu03/alpaca-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "wlu03-alpaca-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp-server/pull`

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